Artist: Jethro Tull Album: Under Wraps {1984}

The money won't last forever
Rent man called twice today
I hope some day you'll find me
In the lap of luxury, oh, lap of luxury

Searched for a new apartment
But they don't grow on trees
Just want to lay my head
In the lap of luxury, oh, living in luxury

Lap, lap of luxury, yeah, oh, oh
Lap, lap of luxury, yeah, oh, oh

Stepped out on a new horizon
Felt a new spring in my feet
Found a job, it could set me up
Dangling in the lap of luxury, living in luxury

And the gaffer is a man of substance
Drives a Jag and takes high tea
Lives beyond the industrial wasteland
Laughing in the lap of luxury, oh, living in luxury

Lap, lap of luxury, yeah, oh, oh
Dangling in the lap of luxury, yeah, oh, oh

I need money, now, to soothe my heart

Lap, lap of luxury, lap, lap of luxury, lap, lap of luxury, yeah
Lap, lap of luxury, lap, lap of luxury, yeah

Buy me a Datsun or Toyota
Get the tax man to agree
All expenses I can muster
From the lap of luxury, oh, living in the lap of luxury
In the lap of luxury
Buy me a Datsun or Toyota
Oh, I need money, now, to soothe my heart

Under wraps

Keep it quiet, go slow
Circulate, need to know
Stamp the date upon your file
Masquerade, but well worth while
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Wrapped up in your smile
Wrapped in the folds of your attention

Wear an air, keep mum
Of casual indifference
Careful how you go
About your usual business
Wrapped in daydreams of you
Wrapped up by your eyes
Wrapped in the folds of your attention
Under wraps - I've got you under wraps
Under wraps - I've got you under wraps, under wraps

Tell you when - not yet
Soon the great unveiling
Bless my boots upon my souls
Secrecy, it is my failing
Wrapped in your summer night
Wrapped in your autumn leaves
Wrapped in the winter of your sleeping
Under wraps - I've got you under wraps
Under wraps - I've got you under wraps, under wraps
Wraps, wraps, wraps, wraps, wraps, wraps
Under wraps, under wraps, under wraps

Keep it quiet, go slow
Circulate, need to know
Stamp the date upon your file
Masquerade, but well worth while
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Wrapped inside your smile
Wrapped in the folds of your attention
Under wraps - I've got you under wraps
Under wraps - I've got you under wraps, under wraps
Under wraps
Under wraps
Under wraps
Under wraps
Under wraps

She smiles at me from beyond the eastern sea-shore
Flashing jeweled eyes, she hoists her skirts so high
Nouvelle cuisine or an oyster bar, it's really up to her
I'll write every check she brings to me
I shoot on sight - it's my European legacy

Round the castle walls about the highlands and the islands
The faint reminders stand of visitors who took a hand
A thousand years ago, or so, stranded high and dry
By tides, washed up a new identity
The channel's wide, but it's a European legacy

I strain my eyes against the southern light advancing
On whiter cliffs I'm high, the sea birds roll and tumble as they fly
I hear distant mainland music echo in my island ears
My feet begin to move instinctively
To the warmer beat of my European legacy
European legacy, European legacy

She smiles at me from beyond the eastern sea-shore
Flashing jeweled eyes, she hoists her skirts so high
Nouvelle cuisine or an oyster bar, it's really up to her
I'll write every check she brings to me
She shoots on sight - it's her European legacy
I'll write every check she brings to me
She shoots on sight - it's our European legacy

Later, that same evening, she ran, I think she ran alone
Later, she had early warning from a hidden phone
Checked with the embassy, she might have been a million miles away
Should I circulate her likeness at all airports without delay
It was later, later that same evening

Earlier, we had had a drink or four in some Kensington hotel
Hard, it was hard to keep my mind on what she had to sell
And with all business done we took a cab - should it be her place or mine
Good security prevailed and I was home just after nine
It was later, later that same evening

Now, I want you back - back, back
Yes, we want you back - back, back, back, back
We want you back - back, back
My country wants you back, back, back

Later, in the wee small hours there was - heavy - heavy traffic on the radio
Scare - scare at a channel port, small craft warnings to keep to shore
Lobstermen thought they saw a submarine half submerged suspiciously
Though I arrived too late, I'm sure she blew a kiss to me
As the sub sailed out to sea, sea

Now I want you back
Yes, they want you back, oh
We all want you back - back, back
My country wants you back, back - back, back
Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back

In and out of shady places
Walking on cold corners of the maze, the maze
Following the trace you leave unwittingly
I wanna be no saboteur
Oh, no, me no saboteur

Painted ducks across your landscape
Happy in your domesticity, it don't come free
Misfortune, like a sparrow hawk, hangs over you
I wanna be no saboteur
No, no, me no saboteur

Deepest regrets I humbly offer you
As I cut into your life
With clean precision, all is simplified
Pass the hat and pass the knife

By now you must be worried, wondering
Who is me and what lies behind my art, my art
I'm only removing broken sea-shells from the beach
Oh, me no saboteur

There's at least one of me inside your ranks
In your factory or school - be no, be no, be no saboteur
Anticipate a cleansing opportunity
To take the horns by the bull - be no, be no, be no, be no, be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no, be no, be no saboteur

History forever writing
Pages to be cut or painted grey, grey
Or celebrated like Jesus in his temple raging
As he chased the money-men away
He wanna be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Wanna be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Wanna be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Wanna be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
He wanna be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur
Be no, be no, be no saboteur

This is Radio Moscow, broadcasting to Great Britain and Ireland
Hello everybody and welcome to the hour

Tune into messages from the Eastern avenue
Lock on to the ether, squeeze the signal through and through
War of the air-waves making scare-waves
I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow, yeah - Moscow Radio

Voice of America - symbol of the free
Mine of disinformation pleading sympathy
Down in the cold-war games, forever naming names
I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow, yeah
Keep getting pictures from my radio free Moscow, oh
Moscow Radio - free Moscow
Free Moscow Radio
Oh, oh, radio free Moscow
Radio free, oh

I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow - Moscow Radio
Yes, I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow - Moscow Radio

I put my headphones on, reach out on the beam
Shutter up the windows, I'm getting up some steam
Somebody's at the door catching me in the act
They've been keeping the score
I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow, yeah
Yes, I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow - Moscow Radio
Getting those pictures from my radio free Moscow - Moscow Radio
Yes, I'm getting pictures from my radio free Moscow - Moscow Radio
Free Moscow
Radio free Moscow

Astronomy, astronomy
Astronomy

The middle lane has trapped my car
In red-light claustrophobia
I slip the shackles, cut the rope
Stand naked with the telescope
As the cat walks alone under a big sky
Against the dark, so thin and white
Gonna be a big sky night

Astronomy, astronomy
Astronomy, astronomy

Miss Galileo, come with me
And view the new astronomy
Black hole dressing on salad plate
Quasar at the kissing gate
Now, the cat, he walks alone under a big sky
Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights
Gonna be a big sky night

My spectacles, my white lab coat
My coffee, thermos and my notes
I pat my pockets, I got the keys
To the secrets of the observatory
And closing the door I feel a new dawn 
As the darker sides align
You to yours and me to mine, yeah

Astronomy, astronomy
Astronomy, astronomy

And now you stand, assisting me
I can touch what I can see, see, see
I look in wonder, feel no shame 
See the consequences of the game
Expand my universe, oh, head for the big bang
Reach for my switch and shout
Gonna turn the big sky out

There's got to be astronomy
Astronomy, astronomy, oh, oh
Astronomy, astronomy, astronomy, astronomy
Astronomy, astronomy, astronomy, astronomy
Astronomy, astronomy, astronomy, astronomy
Astronomy, astronomy, astronomy, astronomy

Short Arctic desert day
And someone left their snow-shoes in the tundra, oh - tundra
Look around every which way
But I can't see just where the footprints go - tundra
Is it a casual disappearance
Plucked from the middle atmosphere like straw wind blown
No speck on the horizon
No simple message scrawled upon the snow

Unearthly visitation
Someone left their snow-shoes in the tundra - tundra
Hungry buzzard flier
Circling round and round, tattling death's tambourine, yeah - tundra
Have to run it down cold wire
Late insertion in tomorrow's lost and found
Should I spread out searching
But I'm a little thin upon the ground

Left out in the tundra, ah

So, I raise my lips to coax
The last drop of brandy from the bottle - tundra
Rest my feet and contemplate
The mystery that's haunting this Siberian space - tundra
Show-shoes, they bind me down
Just one more parasite of the surface layer, yeah
And I begin to get the feeling
I've been on this stage before and I'm the only player

One more Arctic desert day
Another set of shoes out in the tundra snow, oh
I make my fade to white-out
And you can't see me where my footprints go, go, go

Black Volga following me - nobody's car
Mr. No One at the wheel of nobody's car
Wet pavements, thin apartments, uh huh
Quiet dissent from darkened doorways
I want out alive, speak up for me if you can
So, careful how you drive in tourist city

Slap in front of my hotel, it's nobody's car
Is that my limousine - no, it's nobody's car
Are you on routine assignment, uh huh
Plastic shades on black-brown eye-holes
I've read this book before, I even saw the film, oh
How did the ending go in tourist city - black out

Oh, it's a weird scenario
I've seen a thousand times before
But only on the video, oh
Nobody�s car, nobody�s car
It�s nobody�s car, nobody�s car

Feel my steps quick in the headlights of nobody's car
Down cobbled alley with no exit from nobody's car, yeah
Doors slam, two figures silhouette, uh huh
Somewhere before, I feel we've met - hello
Can't tell you any more, I agreed to go along
With all they asked of me in tourist city
I drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car
Drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car
Drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car
Drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car, drive nobody's car

Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get, get out of the heat

When the rats are running
And the boys are gunning for heads on a tin plate
You can hear the footfall softly in the backyard, oh
And the black jack is called, face up on the last card

You'd better call your witness
In your dirty business - trop tard sera le cri
Better run while you can, better set the tall sail, oh
Better make deep cover before the boys have you nailed, yeah

There's just one chance to get away
I'll catch up with you another day
I'll close my eyes and count to ten
And come right after you again

Grab your credit cards, cash in on your resources
Take your passport from the drawer - drawer - don't stop to change the horses
Get out, get out of the heat, get out of the heat, get out of the heat

Now can you feel the pressure
Have you got the measure of being a wanted man
Cold drink in your hand, hot sweat on your brow
And there's no understanding going to help you now
Get out, get out, get out, get out the heat, oh
Get out, get out, get out the heat, heat
Get out, get out the heat, get out, get out the heat
Get out, get out the heat, get out the heat, heat, heat

So, grab, grab your credit cards, cash in on your resources
Take your passport from the drawer, don't stop to change the horses, change the horses
Notify all parties of an earlier vacation
No use trying to board the train after it's left the station
Get out of the heat

When the rats are running
And the boys are gunning for heads on a tin plate
You can hear the footfall softly in the backyard
And the black jack is called, face up on the last card
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat, get out of the heat
Get out of the heat

Keep it quiet, go slow
Circulate, need to know
Stamp the date upon your file
Masquerade, but well worth while
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Wrapped up in your smile
Wrapped in the folds of your attention

Wear an air, keep mum
Of casual indifference
Careful how you go
About your usual business
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Wrapped up in your smile
Wrapped in the folds of your attention
Under wraps, oh - I've got you under wraps
Under wraps, yeah - I've got you under wraps, under wraps

I�ll tell you when - not yey
Soon the great unveiling
Bless my boots upon my souls
Secrecy, it is my failing
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Wrapped up in your smile
Wrapped in the folds of your attention
Under wraps, oh - I've got you under wraps
Under wraps, oh - I've got you under wraps
Under wraps, yeah - I've got you under wraps, under wraps, oh

Paparazzi can't make the man
Paparazzi can't break the man

Next to the transit lounge see the paparazzi tears
No one came in today from Boston or Tangiers
And in departures only faceless trippers trip
Loaded with duty free held in white knuckle grip

Snap it up, flash away, oh
Steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
The news is running late tonight

Be-decked with Nikon necklaces, hear paparazzi cries
Under their noses walk the famous in disguise
Conspicuously huddled there, but no one, but no one stops to look, oh
They've got their crayons out to color in the book

Snap it up, flash away, oh
Steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
Paparazzi won't be home tonight

Paparazzi - write it down
Paparazzi - turn it around
Paparazzi - take it - take it, fake it - fake it, break it - break it
Cos it's a story
Paparazzi, oh, paparazzi, oh, paparazzi, oh
Give your story, give your story to paparazzi, paparazzi

Paparazzi can't make the man
Paparazzi can't break the man

Now, someone's cut the lines, communication's down
All photo film is fogged, celebrities surround
And jab their fingers at me - they kiss but I can't tell
Even poor paparazzi must have privacy as well

Snap it up, flash away, oh
Steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
The news is running late tonight

Snap it up, flash away, oh
Steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
Paparazzi won't be home tonight

Sailing round the true-blue sphere
Is it too late to bale out of here
Well, there has to be some better way
To turn back the night, spin on to yesterday

The old man and his crew
After all these years, it's apogee
Pilot training and remorse
Spirit friends fly too at apogee, apogee
Apogee - solar bright
Apogee - through the night, night, night
Apogee - over ground
Don't think I'll be coming down

Screened for a stable mate
With nerves of ice we flew at apogee
No creativity allowed
To pass through stainless veins of steel at apogee, apogee
Apogee - put the kettle on
Tight-lipped, soldier on, on, on
High point, communicate
Don't forget to urinate

So glad they put this window in
How to explain, how to begin
See, see Tennyson and Wordsworth there
Waiting for me in the cold, thin air

Beware a host of unearthly daffodils - I'll tell the boys
Drifting golden - back home
Turned up loud - I'm gonna get some
I'm gonna get some - turned up loud
I'm gonna get some

The wrong stuff's loose in here
Climbing up the walls at apogee
So hoist the skull and bones
Death and glory's free at apogee, apogee
Apogee - solar bright
Apogee - through the night, night, night
Apogee - over ground
Don't think I'll be coming down

A stranger wind, a solar breeze
I'm walking out upon the starry seas
See pyramids, see standing stones
Pink cotton undies and blue telephones

Goodbye, cruel world that was my home, oh
There's cleaner space out here to roam
Put my feet up on the moons of Mars, hey
Sit back, relax and count the stars
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Automotive science and engineering
Automotive science and engineer

In the hands of science
The complete appliance, oh
We're moved to motor
We're moved to motor
Do you fly a Spitfire
Do you slide on a tea-tray, oh
Or walk on a short trip Sundays
Or drive come what may enjoy

Automotive science and engineering
Automotive science and engineering
We're moved to motor, moved
We're moved to motor
Motor, motor, engineering

When big was better
And fast was chic, oh
The oil was cheaper
Now we're up the creek
But the Japs are coming
And everyone's turbo'd, turbo�d
And carbon fiber, oh
Is the way to go, go, go, go

Automotive science and engineering
Automotive science and engineering
We're moved to motor, motor, motor
We're moved to motor
Automotive engineering

Down at the robot factory things are humming
Radical suspension - no humans testing
Wind it up, wind it up
Automotive engineering

Take a trip, oh, in your Freudian slip, or
Doctor Ferdinand Ferdie, Ferdie has you in his grip

Automotive science and engineering
Automotive science and engineering
We're moved to motor, moved to motor
We're moved to motor

Automotive science and engineering
Automotive science and engineer
Automotive science and engineering
Automotive science and engineering
We're moved to motor, moved to motor
We're moved to motor

He's crossing - it's an old profession 
He's crossing, crossing - of subtle artillery
He's crossing, he's crossing - rough wheels meshing
He's crossing, he's crossing - button out, button in

The tall General will mine a few bridges tonight
Stroking soft machinery
Fanfare at dawn, courting green steel
Lined up for World War One, Two, Three, Four

It's an old profession - he's crossing
Of subtle artillery - he's crossing
Rough wheels meshing - he's crossing
On a landscape with no trees

The tall General points to the distance - bang, bang, alright, yeah
Disconnects his power supply
Writes a stiff note to his nearest and dearest
He takes the battle plan, contemplates his fly

It's an old profession - he's crossing
Of subtle artillery - he's crossing
Rough wheels meshing - he's crossing
Button out, button in

The tall General flies by the seat of history
The tall General is crossing, crossing
The tall General - he thinks inevitability
The tall General is definitely crossing
With spit and with polish, time for desperate measures
The pain in the forehead from holding up to the pressures
Of life on the rim of the convenient alliance
Out on the rim, let me out on the rim

The tall General will walk across the compound
Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right
With his briefcase and I.D.
Later they'll post him, seemingly missing
He's gonna be a Generalski

The tall General flies by the seat of history
The tall General is crossing, is crossing, crossing
The tall General - he thinks inevitability
The tall General is definitely crossing, crossing
The tall General, oh
The tall General is definitely crossing